12+ hour, 34+ min ago   (442+ words) When James Woodhead arrived at the Air Force Academy for school in 1989, he came alone and waited by himself in a hotel for his military education to start. “I was just nervous and terrified,” Woodhead said. It’s how it was…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (314+ words) An El Paso County judge on Friday ruled that prosecutors had enough evidence to move forward with homicide charges against Timothy J. O’Brien, who is accused of bludgeoning a woman with a hammer in a Colorado Springs motel in May. O’Brien,…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (562+ words) Before sunrise on Friday, firefighters from across the U.S. gathered at the Manitou Incline to walk the more than 2,700 steps in honor of the 343 New York City firefighters who lost their lives trying to save others in the immediate aftermath of…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (409+ words) Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care has left its mark on Nancy Lewis Park through the past three decades: Trees planted, memorial benches placed, art fixtures displayed. With the park approaching 30 years in the Templeton Gap area of Colorado Springs, Pikes…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (646+ words) A $40 million donation, the largest single benevolent gift to any Children’s Hospital Colorado statewide, will fund a major expansion at the Colorado Springs campus in the Briargate neighborhood, officials announced Thursday. The infusion of funding from a national charitable foundation…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (123+ words) More than 500,000 people visited the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo across its 11 days this year, the Colorado Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday. The fair has reached the half million mark five times since 2006. Concerts and other events at the…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (134+ words) Colorado Springs Gazette Police seeking additional victims of Colorado Springs area foster parent Colorado Springs police are asking the community to contact them if they believe they were potentially a victim of Enrique “Rico” Houghton, 35, according to a news release…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (99+ words) gazette.com 12-year-old girl goes missing in north Colorado Springs Colorado Springs police are searching for a 12-year-old girl who went missing late Wednesday night on the city’s north end. Makayla Powell was last seen at 10:52 p.m. in the 4000 block…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (222+ words) A 25-year-old man was arrested after allegedly attempting to break into multiple cars and shooting a young girl in the arm. Around 2 a.m. Thursday, Colorado Springs police were sent to the area of 300 Shadow Ridge Grove, near Garden of the Gods…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (120+ words) The body of one person was recovered from Prospect Lake on Wednesday night, according to Colorado Springs police. Police were sent to Prospect Lake around 5:30 p.m. to assist the Colorado Springs Fire Department after receiving reports of a drowning. Police said…...